Today we show you how to make some bubble lamps/lights for the holidays. Find us on Patreon and our website: / techingredients www.techingredients.com/
I laughed when it happened. He's so obvious it would have been more stealthy if he simply walked past normally :p that way it wouldn't even have registered with me
I'd kill and die for my dad so don't get me wrong... but am I the only one who's like raging jealous sometimes of his son for having a dad as crazy smart/cool as he is?! Probably just me.
Great to see you here! Try it out but instead of using a vacuum try heating up the DCM and allowing the vapors to displace the air in the ampule. I’d imagine that as soon as you seal the ampule and allow for the DCM to condense you’d achieve similar results to drawing a vacuum considering that the highest vacuum you could pull would be the vapor pressure of the DCM. Love you videos and would love to see your take on this video an maybe shout Tech Ingredients out as he’s a smaller channel with a more niche audience! Best regards, Al
@@-a13x-75 I'd thought about doing this just with water years ago when I was on a torch more often. The issue with doing it with water is that steam is an *excellent* conductor of heat compared to air. Filling the glass with steam makes it far too hot to touch without tools. It's doable, but it becomes more complicated. I've no idea if it would be different with DCM.
The spit is analogous to cutting panes of glass with scissors, underwater. The water ameliorates the vibrations that allows cracks to propagate. Water is also used in engraving glass for the same reason, with the bonus of keeping the glass cool. The next time that you need to cut a hole in glass, place it in water and use a hole saw with a CORDLESS drill (no mains cords) and the central pilot drill removed. Caution, will not work on "safety glass",
According to Scientific American: "Water causes the glass to crack more easily because when a water molecule enters the crack, a reaction occurs in which a silicon-oxygen bond at the crack and an oxygen-hydrogen bond in the water are cleaved, creating two hydroxyl groups attached to the silicon. As a result, the length of the crack grows by the size of one bond rupture. The water reaction reduces the energy necessary to break bonds, thus the crack grows faster."
@@jimmyb1451 Ah yes... all part of the glass/ceramics' world of 'crack energy propagation' and the materials engineer I worked with had the math for it as well.
Thanks for the info BoscoBob. Very good to know. I use diamond hole saws quit a bit, and I used to make stained glass lamps and windows and never knew these things.
When I took neon sign making classes in college, they taught us to score the tubing all the way around with a file, then place the file under the tube with the score right on the edge of the file and push down on the end of the tubing on the opposite side of the score from the file. This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut. That being said, I still have a scar on my thumb from that class, so perhaps your method is superior. We were also using leaded soda lime glass not borosilicate glass. The other lesson I still remember from that class that's relevant here is that glass that's just below the temperature required for it to be soft is the exact same color as cool glass, so you have to be really careful not to grab a recently molten piece of glass and burn the heck out of yourself. This is a super cool project! I really hope I win the patreon lottery!
@@richardbarrow2977 - but it never does "break incorrectly". It snaps at the score (weak) point, which is precisely why you do it. Same as cutting a flat sheet of glass, you score and snap.
@@darkfur18 - there was nothing mentioned that the breaking of glass tubes caused the thumb injury. I will quote: _"This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut."_ .
All University Professors should watch this guy to learn how to teach. I have ADHD and have learned so much so fast from his videos because he explains things so clearly.
Just like you, when I was a kid I was fascinated by those old Noma bubble lights. Later in life I was just as taken by watching how the old WurliTzer bubbler jukeboxes used the same tubes, only these were heated by actual immersion elements. Naturally I found this video delightful. I am always pleased to see someone who has never lost that sense of childlike wonder, but has rather developed a rigid discipline of practical physics and applied sciences around it. At the risk of sounding cheeseball, don't we all form a hard shell of borosilicate principles, so we can nurture that colorful wellspring of creativity within? I don't know if you ascribe much to old Abe Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but you're probably one of the very few self-actualized people I've ever seen, let alone met. Bubble on, MP!!!
Nothing exploded... still, one of, if not the best video ever! I wonder how many people on the planet want to "grow up" to be like you...? Excellent team, content, coach/Head Mad Scientist, and channel. Many happy, preplanned explosions to you, and an especially crazy new year, buckle up, Canada!
This was fun to watch but it's hilarious to think that a bunch of people just have full blown labs in their house or garage. I would love to do this but it's pretty involved.
You guys are such geeks. And I mean that in the most positive, complementary way possible. I love your channel and I love how you approach things. As a basement scientist, your videos always make me want to raise my game. Thanks.
This content is so great! Thanks for everything. I've just started to enjoy your older videos about drones. Amazing stuff! I wish you all the success in the world. You guys deserve it.
Neon tubing is usually leaded glass which has a much lower coefficient of expansion than soda-lime glass and is almost as forgiving as borosilicate glass. The only restriction in working with it involves its chemistry. Leaded neon tubing is composed of up to 65% lead oxide, which increases the index of refraction and lowers the melting point. The torch used to work the tubing must have an oxygen rich (oxidizing) flame or the unburned fuel will reduce the lead oxide in the glass to metallic lead. This renders the glass opaque with a silver luster, not exactly what you want to pass light.
I learned something new today. This explains why the intentionally opaque parts of some neon signs looked like the glass was silvered. This effect stood out on signs where the opaque sections were painted black, and the black paint flaked off. It seemed weird that they would go to the trouble to get the shiny silvered coating between letters, and then paint them black.
Leaded glass also contains, well lead. I've heard it's generally safe to have leaded glass in the house but I'm not so sure I'd want to work with it (granted I did learn to solder using the lead based stuff, still not great for my health).
Great video. Great science. I remember having Christmas tree lamps like these in Kitwe, Zambia when I was four years old … around 1962. I’m certainly going to make a few for my bar … a real talking point.
Thank you for this video. I look forward to making this with my daughter when she starts doing science projects as I do with all of your videos. You give a dad a lot of idea's to help engage, teach, and learn with my child to better us both together. Thank you again!
Merry Christmas and thank you for the trip down memory lane to a bygone era. I loved seeing these type of lights every Christmas Eve at my Aunt's house. They were mesmerizing to a young boy, and still are today so many years later.
How fun! I was just explaining these lights in detail the other day. A friend saw them at the local hardware store and asked how they worked... so I broke out the DCM and a test tube and showed him!
This is by far one of the best practical science channels on youtube. The clear, concise, and organized presentation makes it so easy to follow. Very impressive work and a big thanks!
Pretty neat 🤩 I love that I can watch any of your videos and learn something new or a different concept/application from what I could have known before.
Thanks for all of your efforts! I love how you guys, somehow get a seemingly simple topic and turn it into a very interesting video! Always a treat when a new video is out. I wish you all a great christmas and new year!
You never disappoint. Everything you show us is interesting and not always "mainstream". I also like that your family is a major contributor to the channel. Best wishes to you and yours for an outstanding 2022. Merry Christmas!
The man sneaking through the scene around 5:20 trying go be unnoticed, made himself stand out so much more than if he just came down the stairs and walked by.
We laughed about that, but needed that footage and we were stuck with using it. He had expected that the camera on the stairs would be the primary viewpoint.
I really like what you did with those bases and the clear tubes along with the LEDs. It really makes it feel like the bubble lights are coming back someday and not just for use of the holidays but also for normal decorative house decor and environment decor use as well
for a living im a black smith and ornamental fabricator , some of my job is work that's been done by humans for several thousand years but at home I'm a tech tinkerrer and inventor your videos' offer so much practical education in such a consumable way thank you
I've been watching your videos for only a few days but because of the way you talk, I can listen you like someone I know for a long time. I would love to watch a Q&A
I'm constantly impressed by the information density in these presentations. I find myself having to pause every now and then to really take everything in, because there are so many little interesting comments interspersed with the main topic. I consider this to be a massive positive - anything that makes me actually pause the video to think about it is very engaging. Bravo, friends.
So very interesting! I actually have some Christmas bubble lights from my childhood that still work and still fascinate me. Clearly I need more! This is on my project list. Thanks!
This was really cool! Nice change of pace. I enjoy ALL of your videos though. Answered many of the questions I've always wondered about as a child. This is much appreciated! I love understanding the "how's and why's" of how things work!
I love the mood between everybody in this video...great work on this front from all 3 of you great content too of course 🙂 Best Regards, Richard Mid Wales UK
Really cool effect. You could also use this with RGB LEDs and use them for custom PC case lighting. Have you considered using fuming solvents in a tube? It might be possible to get a smoke effect that you can then light with LEDs. Might even work with a piezo disc creating a fine mist and the air currents could then carry the mist up the tube.
I still have my very first ornament...a bubble-light...that I got in 1974 when I was 6 years old...though the incandescent lamp has needed to be replaced every decade or so. It is my favorite ornament and it hangs on my tree every year :) And...yes...I still love looking at it!
Very good tutorial , thank you . As I was watching this video on my tablet I was struck by how FAR we have come technically. If I think back to the magic of colour TV and here I am enjoying amazing technicolor clarity on a thin lightweight 7 inch device . What a giant step in such a brief time !
The sneak in around 5:10.was awesome lol.
So stealthy I wouldn't have seen him, if you hadn't commented!
Definitely in Ninja Training. 🥷
Sneaking 100
I laughed when it happened. He's so obvious it would have been more stealthy if he simply walked past normally :p that way it wouldn't even have registered with me
He would have gotten away with it if the other camera angle was in use, too.
I love how this channel has a real “Mr. Wizard” feel, but I enjoyed seeing the sort of behind the scenes dialog about the rotating mount.
Exactly what I was gonna say, shout out to my man THE Wizard
@@jeremiahbullfrog9288 those kids grew up to invent the internet lmao #worth
I came here to say this but I’d like to add “swole mr wizard” : don’t disrespect science like I disrespect these weights.
this is what Mr. Wizard should have been.
I'd kill and die for my dad so don't get me wrong... but am I the only one who's like raging jealous sometimes of his son for having a dad as crazy smart/cool as he is?! Probably just me.
Neat stuff. I might try this. I really like the water layer effect.
Great to see you here! Try it out but instead of using a vacuum try heating up the DCM and allowing the vapors to displace the air in the ampule. I’d imagine that as soon as you seal the ampule and allow for the DCM to condense you’d achieve similar results to drawing a vacuum considering that the highest vacuum you could pull would be the vapor pressure of the DCM. Love you videos and would love to see your take on this video an maybe shout Tech Ingredients out as he’s a smaller channel with a more niche audience! Best regards, Al
@@-a13x-75 I'd thought about doing this just with water years ago when I was on a torch more often. The issue with doing it with water is that steam is an *excellent* conductor of heat compared to air. Filling the glass with steam makes it far too hot to touch without tools. It's doable, but it becomes more complicated. I've no idea if it would be different with DCM.
I love how the presenter has totally adapted to his role. He's getting better every video. Thanks so much for everything yall do!
Even the "son of the main presenter" has adapted to his role.. 😀
It holds true: Practice makes Perfect
@@jeremiahbullfrog9288 Yes, that appearance when he tried to hide from the camera, was a bit distracting but rather amusing.
@@mumiemonstret he was hiding from the other camera on the stairs
The spit is analogous to cutting panes of glass with scissors, underwater. The water ameliorates the vibrations that allows cracks to propagate. Water is also used in engraving glass for the same reason, with the bonus of keeping the glass cool. The next time that you need to cut a hole in glass, place it in water and use a hole saw with a CORDLESS drill (no mains cords) and the central pilot drill removed. Caution, will not work on "safety glass",
Or you could just use a hole saw made for ceramic and glass. Still use water but a piece of soaked sponge cut to fit inside the bit is enough.
According to Scientific American:
"Water causes the glass to crack more easily because when a water molecule enters the crack, a reaction occurs in which a silicon-oxygen bond at the crack and an oxygen-hydrogen bond in the water are cleaved, creating two hydroxyl groups attached to the silicon. As a result, the length of the crack grows by the size of one bond rupture. The water reaction reduces the energy necessary to break bonds, thus the crack grows faster."
@@jimmyb1451 Action Lab made a very good video to this topic which covers exactly your reference.
@@jimmyb1451 Ah yes... all part of the glass/ceramics' world of 'crack energy propagation' and the materials engineer I worked with had the math for it as well.
Thanks for the info BoscoBob. Very good to know. I use diamond hole saws quit a bit, and I used to make stained glass lamps and windows and never knew these things.
When I took neon sign making classes in college, they taught us to score the tubing all the way around with a file, then place the file under the tube with the score right on the edge of the file and push down on the end of the tubing on the opposite side of the score from the file. This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut. That being said, I still have a scar on my thumb from that class, so perhaps your method is superior. We were also using leaded soda lime glass not borosilicate glass. The other lesson I still remember from that class that's relevant here is that glass that's just below the temperature required for it to be soft is the exact same color as cool glass, so you have to be really careful not to grab a recently molten piece of glass and burn the heck out of yourself.
This is a super cool project! I really hope I win the patreon lottery!
I'd be worried about it launching glass at your face if the glass broke incorrectly
@@richardbarrow2977 - but it never does "break incorrectly". It snaps at the score (weak) point, which is precisely why you do it. Same as cutting a flat sheet of glass, you score and snap.
@@johncoops6897 it's not a perfect process errors can always happen
@@johncoops6897 he replies to the guy that had the glass break incorrectly
@@darkfur18 - there was nothing mentioned that the breaking of glass tubes caused the thumb injury. I will quote:
_"This worked very well and didn't require that you get your thumbs right next to the cut."_ .
All University Professors should watch this guy to learn how to teach. I have ADHD and have learned so much so fast from his videos because he explains things so clearly.
Bubble lights! You are always experimenting, building, and enginenerding the awesomest projects on UA-cam, thank you.
Finally! Screw saying "happy holidays" in fear of offending other, just wish others what you celebrate.
This channel really is the definition of quality over quantity
You had me at bubble lights! I absolutely love them! My favorite Christmas ornament too!! Very fond memories of childhood 😊👌
Just like you, when I was a kid I was fascinated by those old Noma bubble lights. Later in life I was just as taken by watching how the old WurliTzer bubbler jukeboxes used the same tubes, only these were heated by actual immersion elements. Naturally I found this video delightful. I am always pleased to see someone who has never lost that sense of childlike wonder, but has rather developed a rigid discipline of practical physics and applied sciences around it. At the risk of sounding cheeseball, don't we all form a hard shell of borosilicate principles, so we can nurture that colorful wellspring of creativity within? I don't know if you ascribe much to old Abe Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but you're probably one of the very few self-actualized people I've ever seen, let alone met. Bubble on, MP!!!
So cool. I'll paraphrase someone who commented on another video you made. "This is what we imagined the internet would be when it was new." Thanks.
Nothing exploded... still, one of, if not the best video ever! I wonder how many people on the planet want to "grow up" to be like you...? Excellent team, content, coach/Head Mad Scientist, and channel. Many happy, preplanned explosions to you, and an especially crazy new year, buckle up, Canada!
This was fun to watch but it's hilarious to think that a bunch of people just have full blown labs in their house or garage. I would love to do this but it's pretty involved.
You guys are such geeks. And I mean that in the most positive, complementary way possible. I love your channel and I love how you approach things. As a basement scientist, your videos always make me want to raise my game. Thanks.
Thanks!
Love this channel so much. The variety and detail of topics discussed are unmatched on any other channel.
I dig the guy coming down the stairs to about center of the shot, then ducking down and moving on :D I saw you mr.invisible!
You remind me of my chemistry teacher in 98. He was the best teacher I ever had. The man could get your attention and hold it the whole class.
So much respect for people who know so much and still allow themselves to say, "I don't know why this works..."
I'd like to thank the people in the comments for being helpful, humble, and additive to the value of these videos.
This content is so great! Thanks for everything. I've just started to enjoy your older videos about drones. Amazing stuff! I wish you all the success in the world. You guys deserve it.
Neon tubing is usually leaded glass which has a much lower coefficient of expansion than soda-lime glass and is almost as forgiving as borosilicate glass. The only restriction in working with it involves its chemistry. Leaded neon tubing is composed of up to 65% lead oxide, which increases the index of refraction and lowers the melting point. The torch used to work the tubing must have an oxygen rich (oxidizing) flame or the unburned fuel will reduce the lead oxide in the glass to metallic lead. This renders the glass opaque with a silver luster, not exactly what you want to pass light.
I learned something new today. This explains why the intentionally opaque parts of some neon signs looked like the glass was silvered. This effect stood out on signs where the opaque sections were painted black, and the black paint flaked off. It seemed weird that they would go to the trouble to get the shiny silvered coating between letters, and then paint them black.
Leaded glass also contains, well lead. I've heard it's generally safe to have leaded glass in the house but I'm not so sure I'd want to work with it (granted I did learn to solder using the lead based stuff, still not great for my health).
Great video. Great science. I remember having Christmas tree lamps like these in Kitwe, Zambia when I was four years old … around 1962. I’m certainly going to make a few for my bar … a real talking point.
Thank you for this video. I look forward to making this with my daughter when she starts doing science projects as I do with all of your videos. You give a dad a lot of idea's to help engage, teach, and learn with my child to better us both together. Thank you again!
Had my final university delivery today, and could it be better? YES! Tech Ingredients release a new video!
Merry Christmas and thank you for the trip down memory lane to a bygone era. I loved seeing these type of lights every Christmas Eve at my Aunt's house. They were mesmerizing to a young boy, and still are today so many years later.
Thank you for breaking this down to a simple explanation. That is such a big help. I love this project and want to try this. I love your channel.
How fun! I was just explaining these lights in detail the other day. A friend saw them at the local hardware store and asked how they worked... so I broke out the DCM and a test tube and showed him!
I'm excited to see what kind of work you put into these, they look amazing!
This is by far one of the best practical science channels on youtube. The clear, concise, and organized presentation makes it so easy to follow. Very impressive work and a big thanks!
A laser pointing upwards through the tube might look interesting
You might laugh, but this is the guy that helps organise Raves ! Helter Skelter here we come !!!!
Your retinas will thank you for the spontaneous laser surgery
And dangerous 😂
Beat me to it. Eye safety would be something to take into consideration.
Put them on the top of an engine and as it heats and runs it can bubble. Fun stuff!
Bubble Mower!!! Or lawn tractor. Cool decorations!
I love that you actually sell Thermal Epoxy and Performance paste!
Pretty neat 🤩 I love that I can watch any of your videos and learn something new or a different concept/application from what I could have known before.
Your wisdom, knowledge and intelligence never fails to amaze me,you are the teacher we all wish we had.
Great guide for a cool Christmas project! I really enjoyed the variation with the water and dye interfacing together
Fantastic video.
Allways is beautyfull to see a father being helped by his sons.
Thank you and Marry Christmas.
Thanks for all of your efforts! I love how you guys, somehow get a seemingly simple topic and turn it into a very interesting video!
Always a treat when a new video is out.
I wish you all a great christmas and new year!
Love your videos. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thanks!
You never disappoint. Everything you show us is interesting and not always "mainstream". I also like that your family is a major contributor to the channel. Best wishes to you and yours for an outstanding 2022. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for making such a nice video for the holidays! You have a a great gift for passing on knowledge and inspiring people.
Thanks for the years content - Merry Xmas and a happy new year.
The man sneaking through the scene around 5:20 trying go be unnoticed, made himself stand out so much more than if he just came down the stairs and walked by.
We laughed about that, but needed that footage and we were stuck with using it. He had expected that the camera on the stairs would be the primary viewpoint.
I really like what you did with those bases and the clear tubes along with the LEDs. It really makes it feel like the bubble lights are coming back someday and not just for use of the holidays but also for normal decorative house decor and environment decor use as well
Thanks!
I hope so.
Christmas with extra steps 😀 seems like a fun project! Thanks for sharing knowledge as always! Oh and happy holidays everyone 😊
I love the way you explain things. Thank you!
Very Impressive, I also loved to watch the old bubble lights on the tree years ago.
for a living im a black smith and ornamental fabricator , some of my job is work that's been done by humans for several thousand years but at home I'm a tech tinkerrer and inventor your videos' offer so much practical education in such a consumable way thank you
I've been watching your videos for only a few days but because of the way you talk, I can listen you like someone I know for a long time. I would love to watch a Q&A
5:20 “Roll D20 for stealth check” *roll* “You rolled a 2”
Yup, should have just walked normally, and I wouldn't even have registered he was in frame :D
Always edifying, instructive, educational, and ALWAYS entertaining. Thank you.
As always, a great presentation. Took me back to my childhood.
Nice to see more of the crew :)
Another excellent presentation. Family fun.
I'm glad you have someone to help. Welcome buddy. Enjoy the best experience of your life!
I'm constantly impressed by the information density in these presentations. I find myself having to pause every now and then to really take everything in, because there are so many little interesting comments interspersed with the main topic. I consider this to be a massive positive - anything that makes me actually pause the video to think about it is very engaging. Bravo, friends.
Thanks.
My little bloke will love this. Excellent!
So very interesting! I actually have some Christmas bubble lights from my childhood that still work and still fascinate me. Clearly I need more! This is on my project list. Thanks!
This was really cool! Nice change of pace. I enjoy ALL of your videos though.
Answered many of the questions I've always wondered about as a child. This is much appreciated!
I love understanding the "how's and why's" of how things work!
This is easily one of the most underrated channels out there. Thanks for all the fantastic presentations.
Thanks.
Pops and his grown kids hanging out in the shed make interesting stuff. That is awesome to see.
You were channeling Bob Ross for a minute there. "You can do it however you want to do it." Nice project, thanks for your channel
Fantastic video professor! You never cease to amaze us. Thank you
I love the mood between everybody in this video...great work on this front from all 3 of you great content too of course 🙂 Best Regards, Richard Mid Wales UK
Awesome looking lights. Wonderful that you explained the process too.
That's some quality Christmas special!!
Well done, thank you for sharing the skills needed to make Christmas bubble lights!
It is like watching Mr. Wizard for adults. Really like that you explain everything.
Thanks.
Really cool effect. You could also use this with RGB LEDs and use them for custom PC case lighting. Have you considered using fuming solvents in a tube? It might be possible to get a smoke effect that you can then light with LEDs. Might even work with a piezo disc creating a fine mist and the air currents could then carry the mist up the tube.
i just love how much stuff you can make at home! i never expected to be able to do almost any chemistry at home :)
I fucking love bubble lights
I begged my parents to buy some when I was a kid. After a few Xmas they got em, and I was so excited. I loved them.
I have a small collection now.
super awesome as always!!!!
Really cool, always loved the boiling lights.
4:30 "Unless I want to stand there demonstrating a bubble light during a party" -- why do I think you would do EXACTLY that :)
Awesome, I love these videos.
i like the slight behind the scenes insight :) for brainstorming around the catching of the bearing
I still have my very first ornament...a bubble-light...that I got in 1974 when I was 6 years old...though the incandescent lamp has needed to be replaced every decade or so.
It is my favorite ornament and it hangs on my tree every year :)
And...yes...I still love looking at it!
What an amazing video. I need to make some of these, so cool.
Thanks for all the work involved in making and sharing these.
So proud to see the production quality of the channel now 😁❤️
This is amazing. And great quality instruction. Thank you for doing these videos.
Merry Christmas, tech ingredients team!
Have a wonderful holidays my friend.
Thanks for your amazing content always!!!
Very cool!! Thanks for sharing! ✌️
Merry Christmas, and thanks for the video. 🎅
Thanks for this video.
Merry Christmas.
Ahhh happy holidays and merry Christmas to you as well! really interesting lights too!
Very good tutorial , thank you . As I was watching this video on my tablet I was struck by how FAR we have come technically. If I think back to the magic of colour TV and here I am enjoying amazing technicolor clarity on a thin lightweight 7 inch device . What a giant step in such a brief time !
Really nice effect. Thank you for your work.
Thanks for the amazing content!
Oh Wow! I have Never seen the bubble lights!!
Those are Sooo cool!! AX
This is fantastic!
Good job Paul! You're a helluva'n assistant!
Super cool! Definitely gonna be on my to-do list!.
Thanks for the upload!
I like the ice cream cone ends to the tubes. They look like candles. Merry Christmas to all of you
🎅🎄❤
Wow I'd like to have one to sit on my desk. Awesome video
i am a professional lampworker. work with boro everyday . love your channel. good instructions and explanations as usual Mr. Wizard
This channel is so cool. These were my favorite christmas lights when I was a kid.
I bet this would look amazing to see this in super slow motion up close .Thank you for this great video.
This work is really inspiring! Thank you for sharing this really cool process!